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interest (on a loan) / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 4
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc)
HSK 6
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
private loan association where money is allocated through bidding / meeting of such an association / to win the bidding at such a meeting
to call in a loan
to lend money (as a commercial loan)
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
to lend / to put out a loan
home loan
principal and interest (on a loan)
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
short- or medium-term loan
to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan)
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
to raise a loan / to borrow money
receipt for a loan
to provide loans
milkshake (Note: is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese , pr. sik1)
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
high-interest loan; usury
to repay a loan
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
(government) loan to agriculture
bank deposits and loans
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  *贷* | 贷* | *贷
to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive
interest (on a loan etc)
usury / high interest loan (in former times)
to borrow money / to take a loan
daily interest on a loan
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
England (historical loan, from English)
(of a woman) to take out a loan with a lender who retains nude photos or videos of the borrower as collateral
security (property held against a loan) / mortgaged property
car loan (abbr. for 汽車貸款|汽车贷款)
to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
monthly loan repayment / mortgage payment
phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
call loan / short-term loan within banking
loan translation / to calque
Orion (constellation, loan word) / also written 獵戶座|猎户座
student loan
demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)
dead loan / bad debts / to refuse to pay loan
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
contract for a loan
IOU / receipt for a loan
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
(finance) concessional loan; soft loan
loan idiom
to beg for a loan
low interest loan
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
refinancing / restructuring (a loan)
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
underground bank / illegal private bank / loan shark
loan shark / usurer
savings deposits and loans
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *息* | 息* | *息
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Freddie Mac, US mortgage company / formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
mortgage loan
short-term loan
bridging loan
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
student loan
bridge loan
bridging loan
bridging loan
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)


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